Necktie form



June 18, 1946. I NEWMAN 2,402,291

NECKTIE FORM Filed May 26, 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

MAX M. NEWMAN By M (Or 864/,

ATTORNEYS June 18, 1946. M. M. NEWMAN NECKTIE FORM Filed May 26, 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INYENTOR. MAX M. NEWMAN ATTORN EY5 Patented June 18 1946 I 75.:

My invention relates to a new and improved necktie form and to an improved four-in-hand necktie which is made with the use of such form.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a necktie form which can be applied to a fourin-hand necktie, in order to form the desired longitudinal pleats in the portion of the necktie to which the form is afiixed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a form which is concealed in the knot of the necktie and which holds the outer member of the knotted necktie in the desired formation, with longitudinal pleats or folds located directly underneath the knot.

Numerous additional important objects of my invention will be stated in the annexed description and drawings, which illustrate preferred embodiments thereof.

Fig. 1 is an elevation, illustrating the application of the improved form to a four-in-hand necktie, intermediate the ends of such necktie, in order to provide one or more longitudinal pleats or folds in the material of the necktie.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view, which illustrates the formation of the knot of the necktie, which is tied in the ordinary manner.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the knotted necktie.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4--4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the form, detached from the necktie. The form is shown in closed position.

Fig, 6 is a sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 4.

Fig. '7 is an elevation which illustrates how the form is initially applied in open position to the necktie.

Fig. 8 is a top plan view of another embodiment of the form, the folds of the necktie being indicated in broken lines.

Referring to Fig. 5, this shows a form I which is made of metal or any other suitable material. This form I has a body 2, which is provided with a. longitudinal recess 3. A closure 4 is turnably connected to the body 2 by means of a conventional longitudinal hinge 5. is preferably made of resilient material, so that its latch-end 6 can be snapped into position over the shoulder I of the body 2. The closure 4 can thus be releasably held in closed position, as shown in Fig. 5.

The body 2 is initially applied to the material of the four-in-hand necktie N, intermediate the ends of said necktie, while the closure 4 is in the The closure 4 UNITED STATES. PATENT p; 1 I 2,402,291-2=1 H ,NEQKTIE Fomvr Max M. Newman, New York, N. Y. Application May 26, 1943, Serial No.i488,5 49

3Claims. (01. 2-150) open position shown in body 2 is less than the width of the material of the necktie N, at the point where the open body 2 is initially applied to and finally afilxed to such material. When the closure 4 is moved to closing position, the form I fits frictionally on the material of the necktie N, so that said form I is held frictionally in the relative position in which the open form is initially applied, although said form I can be slid longitudinally upon the material of the necktie N, out of said initial position, if desired.

As shown in Fig. 6, the longitudinal edges 8 of the respective parts of the material of the necktie, where the form is located, are held close to each other by means of the form I, and. the

material of the necktie is also longitudinally pleated at the wall of the recess 3. The longitudinal pleat 9, which is thus formed in the material of the necktie, is clearly shown in Fig, 6.

The hollow body 2 is provided with longitudinal walls, and the front wall of said body 2 has a reentrant recess, whose walls are located laterally between said longitudinal walls. The longitudinal pleat 9 is thus located between two longitudinal bights of the adjacent material of the necktie.

The recess 3 of the body 2 may be omitted if desired, but it is preferred to provide the body I with such longitudinal recess 3, instead of having a form of substantially rectangular crosssection.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the material of the outer member of the knotted necktie is provided with two longitudinal pleats l0 and Illa, immediately below the knot l I thereof, by means of the form.

As illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, the form I is located in the knot ll, so that it is invisible in the completely knotted necktie.

In the modification shown in Fig. 8, the closure 4 is provided with recesses 4a and 4b. As shown in Fig. 8, the wall of the recess 3 is located intermediate the walls of the recesses 40!. and 4b, thus providing an even better pleat formation in the outer member of the knotted necktie.

The invention is not limited to providing the form I with a single longitudinal recess.

The form extends laterally across one face of the material of the necktie, at the knot-forming part of said material. Said form also encloses the edges of said knot-forming part. Said form has at least one longitudinally disposed recess. The width of said form is sufliciently less than the width of said knot-forming part, to maintain a longitudinally disposed pleat in said knot-form- Fig. 7. The width of the ing part, in each said longitudinally disposed recess. In its preferred embodiment, the form is laterally closed, and it laterally encloses a complete lateral zone of said knot-forming part, and the wall of said form includes a closure which is transversely movable to open position. However, the invention is not limited to the best form of the invention.

I claim:

'1. Foruse as a concealed form in the knot of a four-in-hand necktie, a form which comprises a hollow body and a closure for said hollow body, i

said closure being movable to respective open and closed positions relative to said body, saidbod'y having a front wall and longitudinal Walls, said front wall having a reentrant longitudinal recess, said recess having a wall which is'locatedlaterally intermediate said front walls, the wall of said recess being spaced from said closure when closure is connected by-along'itu diifal hinge to one of said longitudinal walls. 3. A form according to claim 1 in which said closure is connected by a longitudinal hinge to 'oiieof said longitudinal walls, said closure having reentrant recesses, each recess of said closure being transversely alined with a respective space between a respective longitudinal wall and the wall of the reentrant recess of said body.

MAX M. NEWMAN. 

